There were gunshots and pandemonium on
Tuesday as the All Progressives Congress, APC, flagged of campaign in Lagos for
its governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other party flag-bearers in
the state.

Organised labour achieved a major victory on
Tuesday in its struggle to get a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers when the
federal government promised to transmit the new national minimum wage bill to
the National Assembly by January 23rd for passage.

A Customs
officer identified as Hamisu Sani, pictured above, has been killed by suspected
smugglers after himself and another collegue were ambushed at Asero community
in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Sunday January 6th.

President
Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Campaign Council and asked Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the co-chairman of the
council to fully take charge of the campaign.

Did the United States have a foreknowledge of
today’s coup in Gabon as it happened days after President Donald Trump said in
a letter to the US Congress that he deployed 80 military personnel to the
country.

Rotimi
Amaechi, director-general of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation,
has reportedly described Nigeria as hopeless, saying the only way for the
country to make progress is for “everybody to be killed”.

Chairman of
the INEC Committee on Collation Centre for the general elections, Amina Zakari,
has debunked reports that she is a relation of President Buhari. Zakari in an
interview with BBC, said the allegation that President Buhari is her Uncle is
unfounded and totally false.

The
43-year-old Islamic cleric, Abdulsalam Salaudeen, who was arrested by the Lagos
state police command for allegedly raping a five-year-old Arabic
schoolgirl,says his enemies made him
commit the crime.

With the
growing rate at which female pants are stolen and reportedly used for rituals,
Zone 2 police PRO, Dolapo Badmos has said, 'henceforth anyone caught stealing
pants might not be charged for stealing but attempted murder'.

The leadership of National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS) has distance itself from the purported allegations by
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) claiming it received N150
million from the presidency.

The
Presidency on Friday attacked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over
accusation that INEC’s appointee, Hajiya Amina Zakari is a relation of
President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that Zakari has no relationship with the
president.

The Advocacy
for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has called on the Chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to
tender his resignation letter immediately.

The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and
sentencing of one Efe Egube, a former Bank Manager, to seven years imprisonment
before Justice Atinuke Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja,
Lagos.

Femi
Fani-Kayode, a former Aviation Minister, on Wednesday reacted to the
endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term by the Spiritual
Director, Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka.

Following the inability of the Federal
Government to urgently transmit the bill on the new national minimum wage to
the National Assembly, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has set January 8 as
date for the commencement of an indefinite nationwide strike.

Here’s an amazing picture of the family of
five who went viral after their condition (madness) was brought to the notice
of the public by a former National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Progress
Oberiko.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization
(PPCO) describes President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 New Year speech as
pathetically empty and shows that he has finally given up, following his
irredeemable rejection by Nigerians.

ENUGU -The fiery catholic priest and the spiritual director, adoration
ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka has endorsed president Muhammed
Buhari’s second term reelection bid. This is as the priest also said he foresee
the country facing more serious economic challenge this year.

ABUJA—Organized labour yesterday told workers to
fully mobilize for a prolonged national strike over the inability of the
government to commence the process of implementing the N30,000 new minimum
wage.

With
just a few minutes to ring in the new year, 30 lives were reportedly lost in a
road accident on Monday night near Bola Ige International market along new
Ife-Ibadan expressway, Gbagi, Ibadan, Oyo state capital.